Living, Breathing New York

A series of classic New York films curated by Martin Scorsese in celebration of the new release of Olmo Schnabel’s new NYC thriller Pet Shop Days.

“There are so many “New York filmmakers” – everyone has his or her own individual vision,” said Martin Scorsesein a short statement about thirty of his favorite NY-set films some of which are playing at Roxy Cinema in NYC. From Scorsese’s own NY-set classics to other legends Scorsese also refers to such as Lumet, Allen, Lee, Warhol or Morrisey, everyone’s NY representation is distinct, but Scorsese’s list of New York films all ultimately transcend to “live and breathe New York”. –

(in no particular order)

1. Daybreak Express (D.A. Pennebaker)
2. The Naked City (Jules Dassin)
3. Kiss of Death (Henry Hathaway)
4. Fourteen Hours (Henry Hathaway)
5. Cry of the City (Robert Siodmak)
6. A Double Life (George Cukor)
7. The Marrying Kind  (George Cukor)
8. It Should Happen to You (George Cukor)
9. On the Waterfront (Elia Kazan) “yes, I know it’s Hoboken but to me it’s a New York picture”
10. The Wrong Man (Alfred Hitchcock)
11. Sweet Smell of Success (Alexander Mackendrick)
12. Shadows (John Cassavetes) “the picture that inspired a generation of aspiring filmmakers, including me”
13. Midnight Cowboy (John Schlesinger)
14. The French Connection (William Friedkin)
15. Bye Bye Braverman
16. Prince of the City (Sidney Lumet)
17. Manhattan (Woody Allen)
18. Bad Lieutenant (Abel Ferrara)
19. Heaven Knows What (Josh and Benny Safdie)
20. Good Time (Josh and Benny Safdie)
21. Uncut Gems (Josh and Benny Safdie)
22. The Apartment (Billy Wilder)
23. Do the Right Thing (Spike Lee)
24. Dog Day Afternoon (Sydney Lumet)
25. Marathon Man (John Schlesinger)
26. The Musketeers of Pig Alley (D.W. Griffith)
27. Regeneration (Raoul Walsh)
28. Odds Against Tomorrow (Robert Wise)

On top of Mr. Scorsese’s picked films, no NY series would be complete without the films of Scorsese himself. In response, the legend reflected on his own films and how “I collaborated with the city when I made them: Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, The King of Comedy, GoodFellas, Bringing Out the Dead, and The Wolf of Wall Street.”